Box for holding cigarettes



(No Model.) 1 B. F. WARREN.

BOX FORIH'OLDING GIGARBTTES, 8w. No. 488,910. Patented Dec. 27, 1892.

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BENJAMIN F. IVARREN, OF BROOKLYN, NEYV YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,910, dated December2'7, 1892.

Application filed July 7,1892. Serial No. 439.241. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. WARREN, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State ofNewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packages,Cases, or Boxes for Holding Cigarettes and Similar Articles, of whichthe following is a specification.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a simple, neat andcomparatively inexpensive package or case for holding matches andcigarettes or similar articles in such manner that the deleteriousproperties of the matches are not communicated to the cigarettes.

My invention consists in the improvements hereinafter described andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

The nature, scope and characteristic features of my invention will bemore fully understood from the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings forming part hereof; and in which Figure1, is a perspective view of a package or case embodying features of myinvention and showing a match holding strap and its complemental flapapplied to the exterior of the housing of the case; and Fig. 2, is asimilar View of a package or case embodying a modification of myinvention in which the match holding strap and its complemental flap areapplied to the exterior of the drawer of the case.

In the drawings a, is a box orhousing adapted for the reception of asliding drawer b. This drawer b, is adapted to contain a supply ofcigarettes or similar articles 0, and is provided at one extremitythereof with a rigid end piece b, and at the other extremitythereof witha movable lid or end-piece 19 that permits of.the convenient removal ofthe cigarettes c, or other like articles without pulling the drawer 5,completely out of the box or housing a.

Referring now to Fig. 1, the exterior of the box or housing a, isprovided with a band a, pasted or otherwise secured at its respectiveextremities thereto and adapted to retain a supply of matches. Theexterior of the box or housing a, is also provided with a lid or flap aadapted to be folded over the matches and secured in such position byinserting its free extremity in a pocket a The free end of the lid orflap a may also be secured in closed position by means of the internalrevenue stamp that is commonly applied to packages containing tobacco.It maybe remarked thatthe supply of matches is held to place upon theoutside of the case or package and is completely separated from thedrawer b, that contains the cigarettes orsimilar articles.

Referring now to Fig. 2 for a description of a modification of myinvention, one extremity of the flap a is secured to the drawer b, andthe other extremity thereof is adapted for insertion between thetop-plate of the box or housing a, and the cigarettes c. a, is a bandhaving its respective extremities secured to the flap a and adapted topass over and retain a supply of matches to place. In this constructionthe supply of matches is held upon the outside of the case or packageand is completely separated from the drawer b, that contains thecigarettes or similar articles.

The complete separation of the supply of matches from the compartmentfor containing the cigarettes or other like articles is important,because it prevents the fumes, vapors and otherinjurious properties ofthe matches from being communicated to the cigarettes or other similararticles, and such separation is accomplished in a marked degree in eachof the hereinabove described modifications or forms of case or box forcigarettes and similar articles. Moreover, abox or case embodyingfeatures of my invention may be constructed of paper, card-board orother similar material and used as a package in which the matches andcigarettes or other like articles maybe packed at the-factoryandsubsequently sold to purchasers and users.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-'

1. A package or case comprising a drawer provided with end pieces andadapted to contain cigarettes and similar articles, a housing adaptedfor the reception of the drawer, a band for securing a supply of matchesto the exterior of the case, and a fiap for covering said supply ofmatches, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A package or case comprising a drawer for containing cigarettes andsimilar articles, a housing adapted for the reception of the drawer andhaving a band and its complemental flap secured to the exterior thereof,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. A package or case comprising a drawer forcontaining cigarettes andsimilar articles, a housing adapted for the reception of the drawer, aband for securing a supply of 10 matches to the housing, a flap forcovering the supply of matches, and a pocket for the reception'of saidflap, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence oftwo subscrib- [5 ing witnesses.

' BENJAMIN F. WARREN.

Witnesses:

WM. J. SLoAN, G. R. OLIsDELL.

